Supply Chain › Third-Party Logistics
Logistics Providers
The integrations the platform knows how to speak, and what each one actually needs before it will work. "Configure your credentials" helps nobody.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Transportation
- Section: Third-Party Logistics
- Screen: Logistics Providers
Address in the console: /scm/logistics-providers
List · 10 columns · 20 fields on its form · 2 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Category | Status | category |
| Protocol | Status | protocol |
| Authentication | Status | auth_method |
| Rates | Yes or no | supports_rating |
| Labels | Yes or no | supports_labels |
| Tracking | Yes or no | supports_tracking |
| Accounts | Number | account_count |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Vendor | Text | ||
| Category | Choice | parcel, ltl, truckload, ocean, air, forwarder, aggregator, postal, last_mile, visibility, customs | |
| Can rate | Yes or no | ||
| Can book | Yes or no | ||
| Can produce labels | Yes or no | ||
| Can track | Yes or no | ||
| Can arrange collection | Yes or no | ||
| Can produce documents | Yes or no | ||
| Pushes events back | Yes or no | ||
| Protocol | Choice | rest, soap, edi, ftp, sftp, email, manual | |
| Authentication | Choice | oauth2, api_key, basic, certificate, token, none | |
| Production URL | Text | ||
| Sandbox URL | Text | ||
| EDI standard | Text | ||
| Tracking URL template | Text | ||
| Documentation | Text | ||
| What has to be got first | Long text | ||
| Active | Yes or no |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.